St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
HIS OWN NAME AGAIN.
Editor V0lkmar Will No Longer Be
Known as Editor Lewis.
HOME FROM PHILADELPHIA.
He Stops in st. Paul for a Few Hours
Benefits of His Tribula-
tons.

A spare built young man, probably
twenty-seyen years of age, was among
the passengers that alighted from the
/ Chicago express at the union depot yes
terday afternoon. For several months
past he has been prominent before the
public. growing out of trial for arson
. att Philadelphia, committed when he
was a lad of dozen years or so, and full
of the mischief that characteaizes boys
offs that age. After committing the
effense he changed his name to that of
A. II. Lewis and emigrated from
the City of Brotherly Love
with the intention of seeking
his fortune in the far West. After
being connected with railroad run
ming out from Chicago for awhile he
settled in what is now the thriving
town of Milbank, Oak, where he
started a newspaper. Certain people in
that place, after vainly trying to win
Editor Lewis over to their side, set an
investigation on foot which resulted i'll
unearthing his youthful eScapade and
the fact that his name of Lewis was as
Sumed, his real name being VOlkmar.
As a result of the agitation an in
dictment charging him with arson was
found against him. and he was taken to
Philadelphia to stand trial. Numerous
veXatiOus delays enSued, but a few days
ago. after hearing, the defen>a was
acquitted of the otfenSe charged against
him, it being held to be youthful in
discretion in which he was not alone to
blame, and his prosecution seemed to be
merely inspired by the malice OF his
enemies at bis home.
II am hurrying home as fast as the
cars can take me-" said Editor Nalknar
to a GLOBE man, land will not be
ashamed of my name in the future.
Two things
HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
by the persecution of my enemies, a
full acquittal of the charge of arson pre-
ferred against me for freak committed
when boy of about a dozen years of
age, and the knowledge that i'll my
ninety-pound wife | possess jewel
among women. During the four months
that | was detained i'll the East
i'll connection with my trial
there were times when | had
miSgiVingS as to the outlook for the
paper that L had established, as L
thought, on good basis. Mrs. Volk-
mar, however, was equal to the emer-
gency. and conducted my business af-
fairs in manner that | could not have
improved upon, and L am Informed
that the paper was never in a more
prosperous condition, and that L never
had so many friends at home as | now
possess. 1t was thought by those who
engineered the case against me, that if
| was once out of the way, the paper
which none of them could sub
vert to selfish ends would be
compelled to stop, but for their infOr-
nation will say that the plant was
never more valuable than it is to-day,
and my future has very brigot as
peet:
.:When | married my wife several
years ago, | entrusted to her and her
family and the minister who united us
my true name, and the confidence thus
repoSed has never been violated. 1t
was a mistake. in the first place, that |
changed my name, but this course was
suggested by those who prOfesSed to be
my friends, and acted under their adj
vice in being known to the world Is
A. III. Lewis. instead of Il.
c. Volkmar. Now that | have been
SET right shall not be
Yindictive towards those who have pur
sued me ia this matter, unless they per-
sist in moleSting me and interfering
with my business. Then they will hear
from me, and to the point. too. An
agreeable surprise awaited me when l
reached Chicago, where | found my
wife, eager to congratulate me upon
my good fortune and act as an escort to
Milbank. besides conveying the crafty
ing intelligence of the prosperous con-
dition of my affairs, thus disSipating all
worry Oh that point